John 4:39-42 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 4:27-42

We have here the remainder of the story of what happened when Christ was in Samaria, after the long conference he had with the woman. I. The interruption given to this discourse by the disciples? coming. It is probable that much more was said than is recorded; but just when the discourse was brought to a head, when Christ had made himself known to her as the true Messiah, then came the disciples. The daughters of Jerusalem shall not stir up nor awake my love till he please. 1. They wondered at... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 4:39-42

4:39-42 Many of the Samaritans from that city believed on him, because of the woman's story, for she testified: "He told me all things that I have done." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay amongst them, and he stayed there two days. And many more believed when they heard his word, and they said to the woman: "No longer do we believe because of your talk. We ourselves have listened to him, and we know that this is really the Saviour of the World." In the events which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:39

And many of the Samaritans of that city ,.... Of Sychar, which was a city of Samaria; believed on him ; that he was the true Messiah he had told the woman he was; and she put it to them whether he was or not: before they saw him, or had any conversation with him themselves, they believed in him; see John 20:29 ; for the saying of the woman which testified, he told me all that ever I did : the account she gave was so plain, and honest, and disinterested, that they could not but give... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:40

So when the Samaritans were come unto him ,.... The Ethiopic version reads, all the Samaritans; they came to him at Jacob's well, upon the woman's solicitations, and the account she gave of this extraordinary person: and after they had conversed with him, and heard him themselves, they were taken with his divine discourses, and being thoroughly persuaded that he was the Messiah, they besought him that he would tarry with them ; they were not like the Gergesenes, who besought him to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:41

And many more believed ,.... The Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions add, "on him": when he was come into the city, and had preached to the inhabitants in general, a larger multitude than before believed in him as the Messiah, and professed him, and became followers of him. Because of his own word ; which came to them, not in word only, but in power, and was the power of God unto salvation to them; and was received by them, not as the word of man, but as the word of God; and it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:42

And said unto the woman ,.... Who, it appears, kept hearing Christ, attending on him, and conversing with him; for having tasted of his grace, she could not leave him: now we believe, not because of thy saying ; not on account of that only: it should seem that these were the same persons that believed upon her word before they went out of the city; and who, when come to Christ, invited him into it; and now, having heard his excellent discourses, were confirmed in the faith of him: for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:39

Many of the Samaritans - believed on him for the saying of the woman - This woman was the first apostle of Christ in Samaria! She went and told her fellow citizens that the Messiah was come; and gave for proof, that he had told her the most secret things she had ever done: see on John 4:29 ; (note). This word, which is twice repeated, in John 4:29 ; and here, strongly intimates that a more particular conversation had taken place, between our Lord and the Samaritan woman, than what is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:40

He abode there two days - We are not told that he wrought any miracles among them; this does not appear to have been necessary: they were a simple-hearted, teachable people, and they credited him on the evidence of his own eternal truth. Why are not miracles wrought now? Miracles were only for the establishment of the doctrines of Christianity, where they were first preached; we profess to believe these doctrines; therefore, to us, miracles would be useless. Where the doctrine is credited,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:42

We have heard him ourselves - On seeing and hearing our Lord, the faith of those who had already believed on the woman's testimony was abundantly confirmed; and, besides those, may others believed who had not heard the woman speak. This is indeed the Christ - The promised Messiah. The Savior of the world - Not of the Jews only, but of the Samaritans, and of the whole Gentile world. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:39

Verse 39 39.And many Samaritans out of that city believed. The Evangelist here relates what was the success of the woman’s announcement to her citizens, from which it is evident that the expectation and desire of the promised Messiah had no small vigor among them. Now, the word believe is here used inaccurately, and means that they were induced by the woman’s statement to acknowledge Christ to be a Prophet. It is, in some respects, a commencement offaith, when minds are prepared to receive the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 4:27-42

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 4:39-42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:42

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:39

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:40

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:42

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:39

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